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***README FILE FOR GOVERNMENTAL INCOMPATIBILITIES DATA PROJECT 2.0 (GIDP)"***
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Enclosed is the GIDP 2.0 data. The data is in country-year format for a global sample of states from 1960-2020. The data includes an indicators for 
whether or not the country experienced a governmental incompatibility in a given year, and then whether or not that incompatibility contained organized
claims related to electoral legitimacy, governmental composition, or regime change. 

Details on the coding procedure and other details related to the data can be found in the codebook, which is also included.

When using the GIDP data, please use the following citations:

Cunningham, David E., Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Belén González, Dragana Vidović, and Peter B. White. "Words and deeds: 
From incompatibilit ies to outcomes in anti-government disputes." Journal of Peace Research 54, no. 4 (2017): 468-483.

White, Peter B., David E. Cunningham, and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch. "Presenting the Governmental Incompatibilities Data Project (GIDP) 2.0"
International Studies Quarterly.
